Main opposition leader visits Şenyaşar family members, who have been demanding justice in political...
The leader of Turkey’s main opposition Republican People’s Party (CHP), Kemal Kılıçdaroğlu, on Thursday visited members of the Şenyaşar family, who have been demanding...
Amnesty Int’l: 130,000 purged public sector workers still awaiting justice in Turkey
More than two years after their arbitrary dismissal, almost 130,000 Turkish public sector workers are still awaiting justice and facing an uncertain future, Amnesty...
Turkey recorded 709 prison deaths in 2024
Turkey recorded 709 deaths in prison in the first 11 months of 2024, according to data from the Ministry of Justice shared in response...
Another Kurdish inmate dies by suicide
Vedat Erkmen, a Kurdish inmate serving an aggravated life sentence, died on the way to the hospital on Sunday after he allegedly attempted suicide...
Turkish deputy minister under fire for wearing expensive scarf during visit to tragedy site
Turkey’s Deputy Interior Minister Mehmet Ersoy has attracted widespread criticism for wearing an expensive scarf while visiting the scene of a tragedy in the...
Police detain 30 protesting killing of 2 Kurdish journalists by Turkish drone strike
Turkish police detained 30 people, including 20 journalists, during a protest in İstanbul on Saturday against the killing of two Kurdish journalists in a...
Body in potter’s field identified as refugee thrown into river by Turkish gendarmes
A body buried in a potter’s field in İstanbul has been identified as one of the refugees who were allegedly thrown into a river...
Bill preventing dismissed doctors from working in state-subsidized hospitals passes in Turkish parliament
The Turkish parliament on Friday passed a bill that would prevent doctors dismissed from their jobs during a two-year-long state of emergency from working...
Wife of ailing inmate calls on Turkish authorities to release husband immediately
The wife of a critically ill inmate has made a public appeal on X urging authorities to immediately release her husband so he can...
Turkish court acquits 12 over attack on outspoken fashion designer
A Turkish court on Friday acquitted 12 of 13 suspects who stood trial for a mob attack on Barbaros Şansal, one of Turkey’s most...
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